Soft-tread horseshoe



l NTTED STATES ANTHONY M. lVIEISNER,

OF` CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SOFT-TREAD` HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent kNo.. 612,953, datedOctober 25, 1898. Application iiled February 28, 1898- Serial No.672,049. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ANTHONY M. MEISNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in I-Iorseshoes, of whichthe following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which are made a part hereof, and in which- Figure lis a planview of a'portion of a horseshoe embodying the invention in itspreferred form. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof, the plane ofthe section being indicated by the line 2 2, Fig. l. Figs. 3, 4, and 5are sections thereof on 4the lines 3 3, 4 4, and 5 '5, respectively, ofFig. l. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a portion of a horseshoe em# bodyingsome features of the invention. Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are sections thereofon the lines 7 7, 8 8, and 9 9, respectively, of Fig. 6. Fig. 10 is afront view of a horseshoe embodying some features of the invention..

The present invention relates to that class of horseshoes which areprovided with elastic cushions or pads which are adapted to have contactwith the ground or pavement and are intended to relieve the hoof of thejar incident to shoes made Wholly of metal.

The objects of the invention are to provide a shoe of this class inwhich the metal portions may bemade light and elastic, so that the shoeas a whole will have a considerable degree of elasticity 5 to provide ashoe of this class in which the elastic pad is secured to a shoe in thenature of a supplemental shoe, which in turn is secured to the hoofthrough the medium of a light shoe of ordinary construction withoutcalks, so that when desired the supplemental shoe may be removed and theshoe without calks used without it; to provide a shoe of this class withan elastic pad of such construction that it will prevent the metal thesevere lateral strains which would be put upon them if the shoes A and Cdid not have overlappin g features. It is the intention that the shoe Ashall be made very light, (lighter than would be required for ordinaryuse if the supplemental shoe C were not used,) and at the-same time itisthe intention that when it is desired to do so the supplemental shoe Cmay be re1noved,.leaving the shoe A for use in customary manner. Thesupplemental shoe is preferably made of rather thin metal, so that itwill have a greater degree of elasticity than shoes of ordinaryconstruction. It is provided in its under side with a channel in whichthe rib f of an elastic pad F (preferably made of rubber) fits, thelower portion of the pad being of sufficient Width to overlap the loweredges of the iianges c of the supplemental shoe, thus interposing a bodyof elastic material between the metal portion of the supplemental shoeand the ground or pavement. In order to have the desired degree ofelasticity, the flanges c and top c' must be rather thin; but in orderto give the supplemental shoe adequate strength at the toe, which is thepart subjected to the most severe strains, it is thickened, as shown atc". In order to secure the elastic pad in place, any suitable means maybe employed; but I prefer to use screws G, which have their 4 headspresented outward and are passed through perforations in the outeriiange c and in the rib f of the elastic pad, their inner portions beingthreaded for engaging correspondingly-threaded openings in the innerange c. This means for securing the elastic pad in place on thesupplemental shoe is simple and eective and enables/the pad to bequickly removed when worn and a new one putin its place.

I prefer to secure the elastic pad to a shoe which is supplemental to ashoe which is permanently secured to the hoof, as above de IOO . ters.

scribed; but, if desired, the shoe A may be dispensed with and the shoeto which the elastic pad is secured attached directly to the hoof, inwhich case this latter shoe is not supplemental `in its nature. A shoeof this character is shown in Figs. 6 to lO, inclusive, in which partssimilar to parts shown in Figs. l to 5, inclusive, bear similarreference-let- In this case the shoe is provided with openings c2 forthe passage of nails by which it is secured to the hoof, and the flangeE embraces the margin of the hoof. This flange may be coeXtensive withthe outer margin of the shoe, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or it may beplaced only on the front of the shoe, as shown in Fig. 6, or it may beinterrupted and placed at the front and sides, as shown in Fig. 10. Inthe latter iigure the shoe is provided with a toe C' and in this casethe elastic padis correspondinglyrecessed,as shown at f.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and. desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A light horseshoe having a lower surface adapted for contact with theground or pavement, in combination with a supplemental shoe, a angerising from the supplemental lwith the threaded openings aforesaid,screws passing through the openings of the supplemental shoe andengaging the threaded openings of the main shoe, an elastic pad disposedin the channel of the supplemental shoe and engaging the heads of thescrews aforesaid, and screws passing through the sides of the channeland through the pad, for securing the latter in place, substantially asset forth.

ANTHONY M. MEISNER.

Vitnesses:

L. M. HOPKINS, I. CRoss.

